Bangkok expresses Thailand’s uncanny ability to blend the old with the new. This lends a thrilling sense of discovery to one’s sightseeing and adds an element of surprise when exploring what is the Orient’s most fabled city.
The city embraces modern development and presents an initial picture of thrusting office towers, of world-class hotels offering deluxe comforts, of glittering shopping plazas packed with treasures of the East such as silks and gemstones, of restaurants serving Thailand’s acclaimed spicy specialities and virtually every other national cuisine worthy of the name, of neon-lit entertainment spots, and of old buildings such as the one on this photo.